The Grainger College of Engineering
Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab

Graduate Students

Name E-mail Advisor
Abdelghany Abouelnagga
he/him/his
 aaa31@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Sheikh Afrid
he/him/his
 safrid2@illinois.edu Advisor: Shaloo Rakheja (MS)
Advisor: Shaloo Rakheja (PHD)
Josh Akin
jdakin2@illinois.edu Advisor: Kejie Fang (PHD)
Chloe Armstrong
chloeca2@illinois.edu Advisor: Kent Choquette (MS)
Advisor: Kent Choquette (PHD)
Hossein Ataee
he/him/his
 hataee2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yang Zhao (PHD)
Takhmina Ayupova
ayupova2@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (PHD)
Ăle Baptista
he/him/his
 aeb7@illinois.edu Advisor: Wolfgang Pfaff (PHD)
Priyash Barya
pbarya2@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (MS)
Advisor: Elizabeth Goldschmidt (PHD)
Emily Louise Becher
ebecher2@illinois.edu Advisor: John Dallesasse (PHD)
Adrian Robert Morin Birge
arbirge2@illinois.edu Advisor: Minjoo Lee (PHD)
Advisor: Moonsub Shim (PHD)
Ryan Bushell
he/him/his
 rbushell@illinois.edu Advisor: Nathan Gabrielson (MS)
Keith Joshua Chang
keithjc2@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Shomik Chatterjee
shomikc2@illinois.edu Advisor: Shaloo Rakheja (PHD)
Claudia Chen
she/her/hers
 borungc2@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Phillip Xiang Chen
pxchen2@illinois.edu
Wang-Chien Chen
he/him/his
 wcc4@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (PHD)
Ze-Wei Chen
zeweic3@illinois.edu Advisor: Hyunseok Kim (PHD)
Nolan Cummins
he/him/his
 nolanc3@illinois.edu Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (MS)
William Curry
wjcurry2@illinois.edu Advisor: Rongming Chu (MS)
Garrett Czajkowski
he/him/his
 gczajk2@illinois.edu Advisor: Kyekyoon Kim (PHD)
Swadhina Das
she/her/hers
 das33@illinois.edu Advisor: Wolfgang Pfaff (PHD)
Ankan Dastider
he/him/his
 agd6@illinois.edu Advisor: Shaloo Rakheja (MS)
Advisor: Shaloo Rakheja (PHD)
Thuy Dung Tran Doan
td21@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (PHD)
Yuxin Du
she/her/hers
 yuxindu3@illinois.edu Advisor: Rongming Chu (PHD)
Hubert Elly
helly2@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Xizheng Fang
xizheng2@illinois.edu Advisor: Minjoo Lee (PHD)
Muhammad Fayyaz
mfayyaz2@illinois.edu Advisor: Andrew Smith (PHD)
Max Feidler
he/him/his
 feidler2@illinois.edu Advisor: Arend van der Zande (PHD)
Jason Flanagan
jasonpf2@illinois.edu Advisor: John Dallesasse (MS)
Advisor: John Dallesasse (PHD)
Michael Alexander Gachich
mgachi2@illinois.edu Advisor: Peter Dragic (MS)
Advisor: Peter Dragic (PHD)
Reza Ghaderinia
he/him/his
 mg77@illinois.edu Advisor: Rashid Bashir (PHD)
Effie Gong
yifei18@illinois.edu Advisor: Axel Hoffmann (PHD)
Novia Francis Gonsalves
ngons2@illinois.edu
Miles Guo
he/him/his
 ziangg2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (PHD)
Garima Devesh Gupta
gdgupta2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (MS)
Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (PHD)
A. K. M. Naziul Haque
he/him/his
 akhaque2@illinois.edu Advisor: Kejie Fang (MS)
Advisor: Kejie Fang (PHD)
JoJo Hayes
she/her/hers
 hayes38@illinois.edu
Da Hye Hong
she/her/hers
 dhhong3@illinois.edu Advisor: Simeon Bogdanov (PHD)
Advisor: Daniel Shoemaker (PHD)
Jierui Hu
he/him/his
 jieruih3@illinois.edu Advisor: Kejie Fang (MS)
Advisor: Kejie Fang (PHD)
Jason Huang
sh3@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Tianda Huang
tiandah2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yun-Sheng Chen (PHD)
Yi-Shuo Huang
he/him/his
 yishuoh2@illinois.edu Advisor: Rongming Chu (PHD)
Zihao Huang
zihaoh5@illinois.edu Advisor: Yun-Sheng Chen (PHD)
Marcus Hui
he/him/his
 mhui6@illinois.edu Advisor: Pinshane Huang (PHD)
Advisor: Angela Kou (PHD)
Judy Hutson
jhutson2@illinois.edu Advisor: Joseph Lyding (MS)
Advisor: Peter Dragic (PHD)
Gabriel Vicente Inojosa
gvi2@illinois.edu Advisor: John Dallesasse (MS)
Abdullah Irfan
irfan3@illinois.edu Advisor: Wolfgang Pfaff (PHD)
Nathaniel Atticus Irwin
he/him/his
 nairwin2@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Shinto James
he/him/his
 shintoj2@illinois.edu Advisor: Andrew Smith (PHD)
Jun Young Jeon
he/him/his
 jyjeon3@illinois.edu Advisor: Hyunseok Kim (PHD)
Henry David Jetmore
jetmore2@illinois.edu Advisor: Catherine Murphy (PHD)
Robert Kaman
kaman3@illinois.edu Advisor: Axel Hoffmann (PHD)
Ahmadreza Kashefi
he/him/his
 kashefi2@illinois.edu Advisor: M Taher Saif (PHD)
Shreenithi Katta
skatt9@illinois.edu
Kimia Kazemi
kkazemi2@illinois.edu Advisor: Mattia Gazzola (PHD)
Darwon Kim
he/him/his
 darwonk2@illinois.edu Advisor: Simeon Bogdanov (MS)
Gwan In Kim
he/him/his
 gikim2@illinois.edu Advisor: Gaurav Bahl (PHD)
Seho Kim
he/him/his
 seho2@illinois.edu Advisor: Gaurav Bahl (PHD)
Jingyang Kong
she/her/hers
 jk105@illinois.edu Advisor: J. Gary Eden (PHD)
XiangYi Kong
he/him/his
 xkong13@illinois.edu
Katie Koprowski
kbk3@illinois.edu Advisor: Rashid Bashir (PHD)
Thi Kim Tuyen Le
she/her/hers
 ktle2@illinois.edu Advisor: David Cahill (PHD)
Chan Lee
uclee2@illinois.edu Advisor: Axel Hoffmann (PHD)
Devon Owen Lee
he/him/his
 devonol2@illinois.edu Advisor: Minjoo Lee (PHD)
Alex Lee
he/him/his
 salee6@illinois.edu Advisor: Yun-Sheng Chen (PHD)
Siun Lee
siunlee2@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (PHD)
Junhao Lin
he/him/his
 junhaol6@illinois.edu Advisor: Wenjuan Zhu (PHD)
Fanming Liu
he/him/his
 fanming3@illinois.edu Advisor: Rongming Chu (PHD)
Haoran Liu
he/him/his
 haoran7@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Suhao Liu
he/him/his
 suhaol2@illinois.edu Advisor: Fan Lam (PHD)
Edward Lukhanin
he/him/his
 edward9@illinois.edu Advisor: Lynford Goddard (MS)
Rifat Mahmud
rmahmud2@illinois.edu Advisor: Sanjiv Sinha (PHD)
Seamus Mellican
seamusm2@illinois.edu Advisor: Bumsoo Han (PHD)
Iliana Minervini Vega
she/her/hers
 ilianam3@illinois.edu Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (PHD)
Yuvraj Misra
he/him/his
 ymisra2@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (MS)
Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Niousha Mousavi
she/her/hers
 mousavi3@illinois.edu Advisor: Yang Zhao (PHD)
Hyunjun Nam
hn7@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Eric Nieto Gonzalez
he/him/his
 enieto5@illinois.edu Advisor: Joseph Lyding (MS)
Vivedha Palanisamy Sivakumar
she/her/hers
 vpp5@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Daniel Wiley Pflug
he/him/his
 dwpflug@illinois.edu Advisor: Kent Choquette (MS)
Advisor: Kent Choquette (PHD)
Matthew Pianfetti
mcp6@illinois.edu Advisor: Kyekyoon Kim (MS)
Advisor: Kyekyoon Kim (PHD)
Ashwith Varadaraj Prabhu
aprabhu4@illinois.edu Advisor: Elizabeth Goldschmidt (PHD)
Adam Joseph Prus-Czarnecki
adamjp4@illinois.edu
Yueying Qiu
yueying9@illinois.edu Advisor: Yun-Sheng Chen (PHD)
Saeedur Rahman
saeedur2@illinois.edu Advisor: M Taher Saif (PHD)
Sonia Rani
soniar2@illinois.edu Advisor: Wolfgang Pfaff (PHD)
Furkan Sahbaz
fsahbaz2@illinois.edu Advisor: Simeon Bogdanov (PHD)
Steven Salisbury
he/him/his
 ss193@illinois.edu
Maria Grace Scannell
she/her/hers
 mariags4@illinois.edu Advisor: Brian Cunningham (PHD)
Jack Kenneth Schnepel
he/him/his
 jackks2@illinois.edu
Jisung Seo
he/him/his
 jisungs2@illinois.edu Advisor: Hyunseok Kim (PHD)
Advisor: Arend van der Zande (PHD)
Connor Shannon
he/him/his
 connor28@illinois.edu Advisor: Xin Ning (PHD)
Joseph Silberman
he/him/his
 jrs11@illinois.edu Advisor: Kent Choquette (MS)
Kaushik Singirikonda
ks105@illinois.edu Advisor: Wolfgang Pfaff (PHD)
Anqi Tan
anqitan2@illinois.edu
Natalie Mishael Taylor
she/her/hers
 nmt4@illinois.edu Advisor: Holly Golecki (PHD)
Chun-Chia Tsai
cctsai4@illinois.edu
Tzu-Yang Tseng
he/him/his
 tt36@illinois.edu Advisor: Fan Lam (PHD)
Alexander Michael Upah
he/him/his
 aupah2@illinois.edu Advisor: Minjoo Lee (PHD)
Timothy Usey
he/him/his
 tusey2@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Santiago Vargas-Daniels
he/him/his
 sv44@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Berre Vize
she/her/hers
 vize2@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Hsien-Nung Wang
hnwang3@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Qixian Wang
he/him/his
 qixianw2@illinois.edu Advisor: Mattia Gazzola (PHD)
Robert Wang
he/him/his
 rlwang2@illinois.edu Advisor: Lynford Goddard (MS)
Siyuan Wang
siyuan2@illinois.edu Advisor: Peter Dragic (MS)
Advisor: Peter Dragic (PHD)
Wanqi Wang
she/her/hers
 wanqiw3@illinois.edu Advisor: Na Wei (PHD)
Zijun Wang
he/him/his
 zijun4@illinois.edu
Zirui Wang
ziruiw2@illinois.edu Advisor: Nicola Perry (PHD)
Advisor: Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez (PHD)
Victor Williams
he/him/his
 vhw3@illinois.edu Advisor: Christopher Anderson (PHD)
Brendan F. Wolan
wolan2@illinois.edu Advisor: Joseph Lyding (PHD)
Katy Wolhaupter
kew8@illinois.edu Advisor: Rashid Bashir (PHD)
Isaac Mark Wolstenholme
isaacmw2@illinois.edu Advisor: Wenjuan Zhu (PHD)
Sunny Wong
sunnyw2@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Ingyu Woo
ingyuw2@illinois.edu
Johnathan Wright
jw178@illinois.edu Advisor: Can Bayram (PHD)
Sophie Wu
she/her/hers
 yuwu9@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Jacky Xiang
jiayix7@illinois.edu Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (PHD)
Xiaotong Xu
she/her/hers
 xx28@illinois.edu Advisor: Wenjuan Zhu (PHD)
Zihao Xu
he/him/his
 zxu68@illinois.edu Advisor: Yuanwei Li (PHD)
Jerry Yan
he/him/his
 ruijiey3@illinois.edu Advisor: Jean-Pierre Leburton (PHD)
Na Yang
she/her/hers
 nay3@illinois.edu Advisor: Cunjiang Yu (PHD)
Batu Yesilyurt
batuy2@illinois.edu Advisor: Hyunseok Kim (PHD)
Junxi Yi
junxiyi2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yun-Sheng Chen (PHD)
Dong Young Yoon
he/him/his
 dy11@illinois.edu Advisor: Arend van der Zande (PHD)
Sarah Su-O Youn
ssyoun2@illinois.edu Advisor: Minjoo Lee (PHD)
Yung Man Yu
ymyu2@illinois.edu Advisor: Qing Cao (PHD)
Hao Yuan
he/him/his
 haoy10@illinois.edu Advisor: Kejie Fang (PHD)
Hongbo Yuan
hongboy2@illinois.edu Advisor: Mattia Gazzola (PHD)
Peter Zeidler
peterz7@illinois.edu Advisor: Kent Choquette (PHD)
Suyang Zhang
suyangz4@illinois.edu Advisor: Michelle Tomaszycki (PHD)
Advisor: Yurii Vlasov (PHD)
Huizi Zhang
she/her/hers
 zz120@illinois.edu Advisor: Andrew Smith (PHD)
Zhixin Zhang
zhixin2@illinois.edu Advisor: Axel Hoffmann (PHD)
Kevin Zhao
helinlz2@illinois.edu Advisor: Arend van der Zande (PHD)
Yunlei Zhao
yunleiz2@illinois.edu
Jinhao Zheng
he/him/his
 jinhaoz3@illinois.edu Advisor: Kejie Fang (PHD)
Yushi Zhou
he/him/his
 yushiz2@illinois.edu Advisor: Yang Zhao (PHD)